How to Enforce SSL TLS Cipher Suites in Android & iOS Apps

Last updated September 19, 2024 by Appdome

Learn to Enforce TLS Cipher Suites in Mobile apps, in mobile CI/CD with a Data-Driven DevSecOps™ build system.

What are Cipher-Suites?

Cipher suites are complex sets of instructions that dictate how encryption and decryption processes are carried out during client-server communications. These suites encompass a variety of algorithms and protocols, each serving a distinct purpose in the securement of data transmission. The algorithms within a cipher suite manage tasks such as authentication, key exchange, and the encryption/decryption of messages. The process begins with an SSL/TLS handshake, a pivotal phase where the web server and the client (e.g., a mobile app) negotiate the terms of their secure connection. During this handshake, the two parties agree on a mutual cipher suite from those available, setting the stage for a secure HTTPS connection. This agreement ensures that both ends of the communication line can authenticate each other, generate shared keys, and encrypt/decrypt the data being exchanged.

Why Enforce SSL TLS Cipher Suites in Mobile Apps?

Enforcing SSL/TLS cipher suites in mobile apps is crucial for maintaining the security and integrity of data transmitted between the app and servers. These suites ensure that communications are encrypted, making it difficult for unauthorized parties to intercept or decipher sensitive information. By specifying which cipher suites an app can use, developers can avoid outdated or vulnerable encryption algorithms, significantly reducing the risk of data breaches, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other security threats. Moreover, enforcing strong cipher suites helps ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, protecting both users and organizations from potential legal and financial repercussions.

Appdome’s Enforce Cipher Suites feature scrutinizes the connections established by mobile apps, identifying and blocking any that were made using non-approved cipher specifications. By doing so, it acts as a safeguard, treating such connections as compromised and preventing potential security breaches.

Note: Enforcing cipher suites should only be done for domains located in your network and under your control. Any use outside such domains is strongly inadvisable due to the very high likelihood of MiTM violation in such cases.

Prerequisites for Using Enforce Cipher Suites:

To use Appdome’s mobile app security build system to Enforce TLS Cipher Suites , you’ll need:

Appdome account (create a free Appdome account here)
A license for Enforce Cipher Suites
Mobile App (.ipa for iOS, or .apk or .aab for Android)
Signing Credentials (see Signing Secure Android apps and Signing Secure iOS apps)

Enforce TLS Cipher Suites on Mobile apps using Appdome

On Appdome, follow these 3 simple steps to create self-defending Mobile Apps that Enforce TLS Cipher Suites without an SDK or gateway:

Upload the Mobile App to Appdome.
1. Upload an app to Appdome’s Mobile App Security Build System
2. Upload Method: Appdome Console or DEV-API
3. Mobile App Formats: .ipa for iOS, or .apk or .aab for Android
4. Enforce Cipher Suites Compatible With: Obj-C, Java, JS, C#, C++, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, Unity, Xamarin, and more
Build the feature: Enforce Cipher Suites.
1. Building Enforce Cipher Suites by using Appdome’s DEV-API:
  1. Create and name the Fusion Set (security template) that will contain the Enforce Cipher Suites feature as shown below:
  2. Follow the steps in Sections 2.2.1-2.2.2 of this article, Building the Enforce Cipher Suites feature via Appdome Console, to add the Enforce Cipher Suites feature to this Fusion Set.
  3. Open the Fusion Set Detail Summary by clicking the “...” symbol on the far-right corner of the Fusion Set. Copy the Fusion Set ID from the Fusion Set Detail Summary (as shown below):
    
    Figure 2: Fusion Set Detail Summary
    Note: Annotating the Fusion Set to identify the protection(s) selected is optional only (not mandatory).
  4. Follow the instructions below to use the Fusion Set ID inside any standard mobile DevOps or CI/CD toolkit like Bitrise, App Center, Jenkins, Travis, Team City, Circle CI or other system:
    
    Build an API for the app – for instructions, see the tasks under Appdome API Reference Guide
    
    Look for sample APIs in Appdome’s GitHub Repository
2. Building the Enforce Cipher Suites feature via Appdome Console
  
  To build the Enforce Cipher Suites protection by using Appdome Console, follow the instructions below.
  1. Where: Inside the Appdome Console, go to Build > Security Tab > Secure Communication section.
    Like all other options in ONEShield™, Enforce Cipher Suites is turned on by default, as shown below:
    Figure 3: Enforce Cipher Suites option
    Note: The App Compromise Notification contains an easy to follow default remediation path for the mobile app end user. You can customize this message as required to achieve brand specific support, workflow or other messaging.
  2. When you select the Enforce Cipher Suites you'll notice that your Fusion Set you created in step 2.1.1 now bears the icon of the protection category that contains Enforce Cipher Suites
    
    Figure 4: Fusion Set that displays the newly added Enforce Cipher Suites protection
  3. Select the Threat-Event™ in-app mobile Threat Defense and Intelligence policy for Enforce Cipher Suites:
    
    Threat-Events™ OFF > In-App Defense
    If the Threat-Events™ setting is cleared (not selected). Appdome will detect and defend the user and app by enforcing Enforce TLS Cipher Suites.
    
    Threat-Events™ ON > In-App Detection
    When this setting is used, Appdome detects the use of non-approved cipher suites and passes Appdome’s Threat-Event™ attack intelligence to the app’s business logic for processing, enforcement, and user notification. For more information on consuming and using Appdome Threat-Events™ in the app, see section Using Threat-Events™ for Enforce Cipher Suites Intelligence and Control in Mobile Apps.
    
    Threat-Events™ ON > In-App Defense
    When this setting is used, Appdome detects and defends against TLS Cipher Suites (same as Appdome Enforce) and passes Appdome’s Threat-Event™ attack intelligence the app’s business logic for processing. For more information on consuming and using Appdome Threat-Events™ in the app, see section Using Threat-Events™ for Enforce Cipher Suites Intelligence and Control in Mobile Apps.
  4. Optional Configuration with Enforce Cipher Suites:
    Cipher Suites File
    Allows providing a text file Provide a text file with the enforced cipher suites.
  5. Click Build My App at the bottom of the Build Workflow (shown in Figure 3).
Congratulations! The Enforce Cipher Suites protection is now added to the mobile app
Certify the Enforce Cipher Suites feature in Mobile Apps

After building Enforce Cipher Suites, Appdome generates a Certified Secure™ certificate to guarantee that the Enforce Cipher Suites protection has been added and is protecting the app. To verify that the Enforce Cipher Suites protection has been added to the mobile app, locate the protection in the Certified Secure™ certificate as shown below:

Figure 5: Certified Secure™ certificate

Each Certified Secure™ certificate provides DevOps and DevSecOps organizations the entire workflow summary, audit trail of each build, and proof of protection that Enforce Cipher Suites has been added to each Mobile app. Certified Secure provides instant and in-line DevSecOps compliance certification that Enforce Cipher Suites and other mobile app security features are in each build of the mobile app

Using Threat-Events™ for TLS Cipher Suites Intelligence and Control in Mobile Apps

Appdome Threat-Events™ provides consumable in-app mobile app attack intelligence and defense control when TLS Cipher Suites are detected. To consume and use Threat-Events™ for TLS Cipher Suites in Mobile Apps, use AddObserverForName in Notification Center, and the code samples for Threat-Events™ for TLS Cipher Suites shown below.

The specifications and options for Threat-Events™ for TLS Cipher Suites are:

Threat-Event™ Elements	Enforce TLS Cipher Suites Method Detail
Appdome Feature Name	Enforce Cipher Suites
Threat-Event Mode
OFF, IN-APP DEFENSE	Appdome detects, defends and notifies user (standard OS dialog) using customizable messaging.
ON, IN-APP DETECTION	Appdome detects the attack or threat and passes the event in a standard format to the app for processing (app chooses how and when to enforce).
ON, IN-APP DEFENSE	Uses Appdome Enforce mode for any attack or threat and passes the event in a standard format to the app for processing (gather intel on attacks and threats without losing any protection).
Certified Secure™ Threat Event Check
Visible in ThreatScope™
Developer Parameters for Enforcing TLS Cipher Suites Threat-Event™
Threat-Event NAME	SslIncompatibleVersion
Threat-Event DATA	reasonData
Threat-Event CODE	reasonCode
Threat-Event REF	6801
Threat-Event SCORE
currentThreatEventScore	Current Threat-Event score
threatEventsScore	Total Threat-events score

Threat-Event Context Keys
message	Message displayed for the user on event
failSafeEnforce	Timed enforcement against the identified threat
externalID	The external ID of the event which can be listened via Threat Events
osVersion	OS version of the current device
deviceModel	Current device model
deviceManufacturer	The manufacturer of the current device
fusedAppToken	The task ID of the Appdome fusion of the currently running app
kernelInfo	Info about the kernel: system name, node name, release, version and machine.
carrierPlmn	PLMN of the device. Only available for Android devices.
deviceID	Current device ID
reasonCode	Reason code of the occurred event
buildDate	Appdome fusion date of the current application
devicePlatform	OS name of the current device
carrierName	Carrier name of the current device. Only available for Android.
updatedOSVersion	Is the OS version up to date
deviceBrand	Brand of the device
deviceBoard	Board of the device
buildUser	Build user
buildHost	Build host
sdkVersion	Sdk version
timeZone	Time zone
deviceFaceDown	Is the device face down
locationLong	Location longitude conditioned by location permission
locationLat	Location latitude conditioned by location permission
locationState	Location state conditioned by location permission
wifiSsid	Wifi SSID
wifiSsidPermissionStatus	Wifi SSID permission status
host	The host that failed SSL version validation
IncompatibleSslVersion	Current SSL version
DeveventDetailedErrorMessage	Error message
extendedMessageText	Extended message

With Threat-Events™ enabled (turned ON), Mobile developers can get detailed attack intelligence and granular defense control in Mobile applications and create amazing user experiences for all mobile end users when TLS Cipher Suites are detected.

The following is a code sample for native Mobile apps, which uses all values in the specification above for Enforce Cipher Suites:

Important! Replace all placeholder instances of <Context Key> with the specific name of your threat event context key across all language examples. This is crucial to ensure your code functions correctly with the intended event data. For example, The <Context Key> could be the message, externalID, OS Version, reason code, etc.

                    IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
                    intentFilter.addAction("SslIncompatibleVersion");
                    BroadcastReceiver threatEventReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
                        @Override
                        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                            String message = intent.getStringExtra("message"); // Message shown to the user
                            String reasonData = intent.getStringExtra("reasonData"); // Threat detection cause
                            String reasonCode = intent.getStringExtra("reasonCode"); // Event reason code
                            
                            // Current threat event score
                            String currentThreatEventScore = intent.getStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore");
                            
                            // Total threat events score
                            String threatEventsScore = intent.getStringExtra("threatEventsScore");
                            
                            // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                            // String variable = intent.getStringExtra("");

                            // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                        }
                    };

                    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
                        registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter, Context.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED);
                    } else {
                        registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter);
                    }

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IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
intentFilter.addAction("SslIncompatibleVersion");
BroadcastReceiver threatEventReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
  @Override
  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    String message = intent.getStringExtra("message"); // Message shown to the user
    String reasonData = intent.getStringExtra("reasonData"); // Threat detection cause
    String reasonCode = intent.getStringExtra("reasonCode"); // Event reason code
​
    // Current threat event score
    String currentThreatEventScore = intent.getStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore");
​
    // Total threat events score
    String threatEventsScore = intent.getStringExtra("threatEventsScore");
​
    // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
    // String variable = intent.getStringExtra("<Context Key>");
​
    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
  }
};
​
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
  registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter, Context.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED);
} else {
  registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter);
}

                    val intentFilter = IntentFilter()
                    intentFilter.addAction("SslIncompatibleVersion")
                    val threatEventReceiver = object : BroadcastReceiver() {
                        override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
                            var message = intent?.getStringExtra("message") // Message shown to the user
                            var reasonData = intent?.getStringExtra("reasonData") // Threat detection cause
                            var reasonCode = intent?.getStringExtra("reasonCode") // Event reason code
                            
                            // Current threat event score
                            var currentThreatEventScore = intent?.getStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore")
                            
                            // Total threat events score
                            var threatEventsScore = intent?.getStringExtra("threatEventsScore")
                            
                            // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                            // var variable = intent?.getStringExtra("")

                            // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                        }
                    }

                    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
                        registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter, Context.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED)
                    } else {
                        registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter)
                    }

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val intentFilter = IntentFilter()
intentFilter.addAction("SslIncompatibleVersion")
val threatEventReceiver = object : BroadcastReceiver() {
    override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
        var message = intent?.getStringExtra("message") // Message shown to the user
        var reasonData = intent?.getStringExtra("reasonData") // Threat detection cause
        var reasonCode = intent?.getStringExtra("reasonCode") // Event reason code
          
        // Current threat event score
        var currentThreatEventScore = intent?.getStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore")
          
        // Total threat events score
        var threatEventsScore = intent?.getStringExtra("threatEventsScore")
          
        // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
        // var variable = intent?.getStringExtra("<Context Key>")
​
        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
    }
}
​
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
  registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter, Context.RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED)
} else {
  registerReceiver(threatEventReceiver, intentFilter)
}

                    let center = NotificationCenter.default
                    center.addObserver(forName: Notification.Name("SslIncompatibleVersion"), object: nil, queue: nil) { (note) in
                        guard let usrInf = note.userInfo else {
                            return
                        }

                        let message = usrInf["message"]; // Message shown to the user
                        let reasonData = usrInf["reasonData"]; // Threat detection cause
                        let reasonCode = usrInf["reasonCode"]; // Event reason code

                        // Current threat event score
                        let currentThreatEventScore = usrInf["currentThreatEventScore"];

                        // Total threat events score
                        let threatEventsScore = usrInf["threatEventsScore"];

                        // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                        // let variable = usrInf[""];

                        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                    }

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let center = NotificationCenter.default
center.addObserver(forName: Notification.Name("SslIncompatibleVersion"), object: nil, queue: nil) { (note) in
    guard let usrInf = note.userInfo else {
        return
    }
​
    let message = usrInf["message"]; // Message shown to the user
    let reasonData = usrInf["reasonData"]; // Threat detection cause
    let reasonCode = usrInf["reasonCode"]; // Event reason code
​
    // Current threat event score
    let currentThreatEventScore = usrInf["currentThreatEventScore"];
​
    // Total threat events score
    let threatEventsScore = usrInf["threatEventsScore"];
​
    // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
    // let variable = usrInf["<Context Key>"];
​
    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
}

                    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName: @"SslIncompatibleVersion" object:nil queue:nil usingBlock:^(NSNotification *org_note) {
                        __block NSNotification *note = org_note;
                        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void) {
                            // Message shown to the user
                            NSString *message = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"message"];
                            
                            // Threat detection cause
                            NSString *reasonData = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"reasonData"];
                            
                            // Event reason code
                            NSString *reasonCode = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"reasonCode"];

                            // Current threat event score
                            NSString *currentThreatEventScore = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"currentThreatEventScore"];
                            
                            // Total threat events score
                            NSString *threatEventsScore = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"threatEventsScore"];
                            
                            // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                            // NSString *variable = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@""];

                            // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                        });
                    }];

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[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName: @"SslIncompatibleVersion" object:nil queue:nil usingBlock:^(NSNotification *org_note) {
        __block NSNotification *note = org_note;
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void) {
        
        // Message shown to the user
        NSString *message = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"message"];
      
        // Threat detection cause
        NSString *reasonData = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"reasonData"];
      
        // Event reason code
        NSString *reasonCode = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"reasonCode"];
​
        // Current threat event score
        NSString *currentThreatEventScore = [[note userInfo]        objectForKey:@"currentThreatEventScore"];
​
        // Total threat events score
        NSString *threatEventsScore = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"threatEventsScore"];
​
        // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
        // NSString *variable = [[note userInfo] objectForKey:@"<Context Key>"];
​
        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
    });
}];

                const { ADDevEvents } = NativeModules;
                const aDDevEvents = new NativeEventEmitter(ADDevEvents);

                function registerToDevEvent(action, callback) {
                    NativeModules.ADDevEvents.registerForDevEvent(action);
                    aDDevEvents.addListener(action, callback);
                }

                export function registerToAllEvents() {
                    registerToDevEvent(
                        "SslIncompatibleVersion",
                        (userinfo) => Alert.alert(JSON.stringify(userinfo))

                        var message = userinfo["message"] // Message shown to the user
                        var reasonData = userinfo["reasonData"] // Threat detection cause
                        var reasonCode = userinfo["reasonCode"] // Event reason code

                        // Current threat event score
                        var currentThreatEventScore = userinfo["currentThreatEventScore"]

                        // Total threat events score
                        var threatEventsScore = userinfo["threatEventsScore"]

                        // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                        // var variable = userinfo[""]

                        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                    );
                }

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const { ADDevEvents } = NativeModules;
const aDDevEvents = new NativeEventEmitter(ADDevEvents);
​
function registerToDevEvent(action, callback) {
    NativeModules.ADDevEvents.registerForDevEvent(action);
    aDDevEvents.addListener(action, callback);
}
​
export function registerToAllEvents() {
    registerToDevEvent(
        "SslIncompatibleVersion",
        (userinfo) => Alert.alert(JSON.stringify(userinfo))
​
        var message = userinfo["message"] // Message shown to the user
        var reasonData = userinfo["reasonData"] // Threat detection cause
        var reasonCode = userinfo["reasonCode"] // Event reason code
​
        // Current threat event score
        var currentThreatEventScore = userinfo["currentThreatEventScore"]
​
        // Total threat events score
        var threatEventsScore = userinfo["threatEventsScore"]
​
        // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
        // var variable = userinfo["<Context Key>"]
​
        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
    );
}

                RegisterReceiver(new ThreatEventReceiver(), new IntentFilter("SslIncompatibleVersion"));
                
                class ThreatEventReceiver : BroadcastReceiver
                {
                    public override void OnReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
                    {
                        String message = intent.GetStringExtra("message"); // Message shown to the user
                        String reasonData = intent.GetStringExtra("reasonData"); // Threat detection cause
                        String reasonCode = intent.GetStringExtra("reasonCode"); // Event reason code

                        // Current threat event score
                        String currentThreatEventScore = intent.GetStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore");

                        // Total threat events score
                        String threatEventsScore = intent.GetStringExtra("threatEventsScore");

                        // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                        // String variable = intent.GetStringExtra("");

                        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                    }
                }

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RegisterReceiver(new ThreatEventReceiver(), new IntentFilter("SslIncompatibleVersion"));
                
class ThreatEventReceiver : BroadcastReceiver
{
    public override void OnReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        // Message shown to the user
        String message = intent.GetStringExtra("message");
​
        // Threat detection cause
        String reasonData = intent.GetStringExtra("reasonData");
​
        // Event reason code
        String reasonCode = intent.GetStringExtra("reasonCode");
​
        // Current threat event score
        String currentThreatEventScore = intent.GetStringExtra("currentThreatEventScore");
​
        // Total threat events score
        String threatEventsScore = intent.GetStringExtra("threatEventsScore");
​
        // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
        // String variable = intent.GetStringExtra("<Context Key>");
​
        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
    }
}

                NSNotificationCenter.DefaultCenter.AddObserver(
                    (NSString)"SslIncompatibleVersion", // Threat-Event Identifier
                    delegate (NSNotification notification)
                    {
                        // Message shown to the user
                        var message = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("message");
                        
                        // Threat detection cause
                        var reasonData = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("reasonData");
                        
                        // Event reason code
                        var reasonCode = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("reasonCode");

                        // Current threat event score
                        var currentThreatEventScore = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("currentThreatEventScore");
                        
                        // Total threat events score
                        var threatEventsScore = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("threatEventsScore");

                        // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                        // var variable = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("");

                        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                    }
                );

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NSNotificationCenter.DefaultCenter.AddObserver(
    (NSString)"SslIncompatibleVersion", // Threat-Event Identifier
    delegate (NSNotification notification)
    {
        // Message shown to the user
        var message = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("message");
​
        // Threat detection cause
        var reasonData = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("reasonData");
​
        // Event reason code
        var reasonCode = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("reasonCode");
​
        // Current threat event score
        var currentThreatEventScore = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("currentThreatEventScore");
​
        // Total threat events score
        var threatEventsScore = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("threatEventsScore");
​
        // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
        // var variable = notification.UserInfo.ObjectForKey("<Context Keys>");
​
        // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
    }
);

                window.broadcaster.addEventListener("SslIncompatibleVersion", function(userInfo) {
                    var message = userInfo.message // Message shown to the user
                    var reasonData = userInfo.reasonData // Threat detection cause
                    var reasonCode = userInfo.reasonCode // Event reason code

                    // Current threat event score
                    var currentThreatEventScore = userInfo.currentThreatEventScore

                    // Total threat events score
                    var threatEventsScore = userInfo.threatEventsScore

                    // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                    // var variable = userInfo.

                    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                });

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window.broadcaster.addEventListener("SslIncompatibleVersion", function(userInfo) {
    var message = userInfo.message // Message shown to the user
    var reasonData = userInfo.reasonData // Threat detection cause
    var reasonCode = userInfo.reasonCode // Event reason code
​
    // Current threat event score
    var currentThreatEventScore = userInfo.currentThreatEventScore
​
    // Total threat events score
    var threatEventsScore = userInfo.threatEventsScore
​
    // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
    // var variable = userInfo.<Context Keys>
​
    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
});

                import 'dart:async';
                import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
                import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

                class PlatformChannel extends StatefulWidget {
                    const PlatformChannel({super.key});

                    @override
                    State createState() => _PlatformChannelState();
                }

                class _PlatformChannelState extends State {
                    // Replace with your EventChannel name
                    static const String _eventChannelName = "SslIncompatibleVersion";
                    static const EventChannel _eventChannel = EventChannel(_eventChannelName);

                    @override
                    void initState() {
                        super.initState();
                        _eventChannel.receiveBroadcastStream().listen(_onEvent, onError: _onError);
                    }

                    void _onEvent(Object? event) {
                        setState(() {
                            // Adapt this section based on your specific event data structure
                            var eventData = event as Map;

                            // Example: Accessing 'externalID' field from the event
                            var externalID = eventData['externalID'];

                            // Customize the rest of the fields based on your event structure
                            String message = eventData['message']; // Message shown to the user
                            String reasonData = eventData['reasonData']; // Threat detection cause
                            String reasonCode = eventData['reasonCode']; // Event reason code

                            // Current threat event score
                            String currentThreatEventScore = eventData['currentThreatEventScore'];

                            // Total threat events score
                            String threatEventsScore = eventData['threatEventsScore'];

                            // Replace '' with your specific event context key
                            // String variable = eventData[''];
                        });
                    }

                    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
                }

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import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
​
class PlatformChannel extends StatefulWidget {
    const PlatformChannel({super.key});
​
    @override
    State<PlatformChannel> createState() => _PlatformChannelState();
}
​
class _PlatformChannelState extends State<PlatformChannel> {
    // Replace with your EventChannel name
    static const String _eventChannelName = "SslIncompatibleVersion";
    static const EventChannel _eventChannel = EventChannel(_eventChannelName);
​
    @override
    void initState() {
        super.initState();
        _eventChannel.receiveBroadcastStream().listen(_onEvent, onError: _onError);
    }
​
    void _onEvent(Object? event) {
        setState(() {
            // Adapt this section based on your specific event data structure
            var eventData = event as Map;
​
            // Example: Accessing 'externalID' field from the event
            var externalID = eventData['externalID'];
​
            // Customize the rest of the fields based on your event structure
            String message = eventData['message']; // Message shown to the user
            String reasonData = eventData['reasonData']; // Threat detection cause
            String reasonCode = eventData['reasonCode']; // Event reason code
​
            // Current threat event score
            String currentThreatEventScore = eventData['currentThreatEventScore'];
​
            // Total threat events score
            String threatEventsScore = eventData['threatEventsScore'];
​
            // Replace '<Context Key>' with your specific event context key
            // String variable = eventData['<Context Keys>'];
        });
    }
​
    // Your logic goes here (Send data to Splunk/Dynatrace/Show Popup...)
}

Using Appdome, there are no development or coding prerequisites to build secured Mobile Apps by using Enforce Cipher Suites. There is no SDK and no library to code or implement in the app and no gateway to deploy in your network. All protections are built into each app and the resulting app is self-defending and self-protecting.

Releasing and Publishing Mobile Apps with Enforce Cipher Suites

After successfully securing your app by using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:

Customizing, Configuring & Branding Secure Mobile Apps
Deploying/Publishing Secure mobile apps to Public or Private app stores
Releasing Secured Android & iOS Apps built on Appdome.

How to Enforce Minimum TLS Version, Prevent TLS/SSL Attacks in Android &iOS Apps

How to Enforce Certificate Roles in Android & iOS Apps

Check this document about cipher-suites from OpenSSL.org.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why aren’t SHA1 ciphers supported by default?
- Due to security concerns, SHA1 ciphers are considered unprotected and are not supported by default. This is to prevent the use of weaker encryption methods.
What are the supported cipher suites for Android and iOS apps?
- Supported cipher suites for both Android and iOS apps using TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, including various configurations of AES and CHACHA20 suites, among others.

Supported Cipher Suites for TLS 1.2:

TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_PSK_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

Supported Cipher Suites for TLS 1.3:

TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

How Do I Learn More?

If you have any questions, please send them our way at support.appdome.com or via the chat window on the Appdome platform.

Thank you!

Thanks for visiting Appdome! Our mission is to secure every app on the planet by making mobile app security easy. We hope we’re living up to the mission with your project.

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Prerequisites for Using Enforce Cipher Suites:

Enforce TLS Cipher Suites on Mobile apps using Appdome

Upload the Mobile App to Appdome.

Upload an app to Appdome’s Mobile App Security Build System

Build the feature: Enforce Cipher Suites.

Building Enforce Cipher Suites by using Appdome’s DEV-API:

Building the Enforce Cipher Suites feature via Appdome Console

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